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Exterior view of the Nezu Museum, showing the low eaves and bamboo-lined approach in Tokyo.
Nezu Museum

2009 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Nezu Museum exterior view

Exterior view of the Nezu Museum in Tokyo.

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Nezu Museum

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · Exact work coordinates

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Nezu MuseumNezu Museum

2009 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Adjaye AssociatesAdjaye Associates

2000 · London, England, United Kingdom

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20092000
PlaceTokyo, Tokyo, JapanLondon, England, United Kingdom
Place contextTokyo, Tokyo, JapanRepresentative site: Manhattan, Manhattan, United States
Climate17°C · 13.3h daylight · 8 km/h wind3°C · 13.5h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Studio Museum in Harlem
FocusMuseum9 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kengo Kuma
  • David Adjaye
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Kengo Kuma & Associates

Notable works

  • Studio Museum in Harlem
  • Nobel Peace Center
  • Rivington Place
  • Sunken House
Typologies
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • landscape
  • museum
  • civic building
  • building
  • house
  • campus building
  • memorial
  • pavilion
  • housing
Materials
  • bamboo
  • wood
  • glass
  • stone
Carbon signals

Bamboo and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Bamboo
  • Glass

Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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